5/4/2014
五月三日,五一假期完結,客棧安靜得很,沒有客人預訂,我們本來都已經吃過飯要休息,突然出現了兩個客人,帶著無線電對講機,一找到了,就聯繫其他人下來,一共來了七個人。時間已經很晚,這一幫廣東和香港來的人馬上說要吃飯,本來還想要殺雞,我們沒法做。
這幫人點菜就像我們看武俠片一樣:「店小二,把最好的酒菜都給我拿來,再來兩埕上好的女兒紅….」哈哈,當然不是這樣,但場面是差不多。反正我們幾乎用光了所有厨房裡的食材,給他們做了很多菜....到最後還是不夠,點了八個煎荷包蛋加醬油,一下就吃光了,還想再點,我們說不攪了...然後他們點了明天晚上的菜,要一隻雞再加一隻鴨,當然還有其他的肉和菜,明天厨房有得忙了!!
飯吃完了,和客人聊聊天,原來他們都是越野e族的! e族是一個國際性的越野車網上俱樂部和討論區,結聚了龐大的一群越野車愛好者,大部份是車手,經常組織活動,浩浩蕩蕩的開著越野車隊穿州過省!! e族有很龐大的人脈,因為胡阿姨的二子也是越野e族的活躍份子,所以e族裡的各成員只要到了元陽,就會住到陽光客棧!
他們一行七人,來自香港和番禺大隊,開了兩台Land Cruiser,熟悉我的人應該知道我很喜歡越野車,看到他們的車,我們好興奮啊!! 第二天早上,我們再次充當導遊,坐上他們的越野車,帶他們去哈單普,出發了!!
細說一點,梯田基本是在海拔很高的山谷上,依山而建,景觀最好的地點大部份是地勢向外突出的地點,能俯瞰整個梯田。哈單普就是這樣一個地點,在路邊停好車還要走20多分鐘,穿過一個小村落,到了崖邊,所以如果不認識路就到不了。看的也是多依樹梯田,但是從另一角度,雲在人的下面,從山谷下面湧上梯田上,像人間仙境一樣。
看罷哈單普,平時應該回頭走到馬路開車走,但e族的人看到的路和我們一般人看到的並不相同。只要夠寛度,不管有沒有路,不管路有多陡,他們的越野車都能駛上去...因此,我們很快就達成共識,兩個車手回頭去開車,而我們則徒步走到另一個村落,這個村落從哈單普遠望應該越野車是能到的,至於從哪裡有路口往下開,就靠車手的經驗了....我們也要冒著車手沒法到達而要自己走上去的風險,不過,我心裡對他們很有信心。如果只有我們兩人,我們根本不會考慮這讓走,難得有這機會發挖一下新地方,我們當然馬上同意!!
真爽呀,我們輕輕鬆鬆走了半個小時,就到了目標村子,而且沿途還是欣賞梯田美景!雖然我們根本不知道自己的位置,但到達時已遠望到兩台越野車在迂迴顛簸的山路上向我們的位置進發!!
沒多久,車就到了。這兩台車嘛,根本就不需要考慮能不能掉頭,隨便在斜坡上就掉了。我們路上踫到來安裝衞星電視的小面包車,可是步步艱難的走下來的,幾乎想我們把他們幫忙拖上去....我們今天這個行程實在太爽了!!看著這條路,如果你讓我走上去,肯定一個小時走不完!!
原來我們走到了大瓦遮。
這七個e族的人一走,第二天又來了兩個
待續…
by: Jo
The 5.1 holidays just ended, there is no
reservations at all. We had dinner and
were ready to rest. All of a sudden came
two guests, carrying radio intercom.
When they arrived, they immediately ask the rest of the group to come
down. This was a group of seven people
coming from Guangdong and Hong Kong. They asked for dinner, and would like to
order a whole chicken but we could not do it so late at night.
The way they ordered was pretty much like
what you see on Chinese wuxia movies: “hey waiter, get me the best food and
wine you have…” of course, it is the same, but feels pretty much that way. Anyway, we almost cooked everything we have
in the kitchen and they finished them all in a flash. They asked for eight fried eggs sunny side up,
and ate them with soy sauce and still wanted more, but we said no… and then
they ordered for the next night, a whole chicken, a whole duck and many other
dishes. Oh, tomorrow is gonna be a busy
day in the kitchen!!
After dinner, we chat with the
guests. We found that they are members
of FBLIFE.COM which is an international platform for lovers of 4x4 SUVs, most of
them are of course drivers of SUVs. This is a huge platform which connects a
large number of SUV lovers around the world and they organize trips and drive
their fleets of SUVs everywhere. They have a huge network, and since the auntie
Hu’s son is a member of FBLIFE.COM, when any of their members come to YuanYang,
they will stay at the Sunny Guesthouse for sure.
This group of seven people came from the
HK and Panyu teams, they drove two Land Cruisers. People who knows me well would know that I
love huge SUVs, I am so excited to see their cars!! The next morning, we again play local guides and
take them to HaDanPu, let’s go!!
Let me explain in a bit more details.
Rice terraces are basically located in the valleys on very high altitude, and
are built on the hills. The best viewing
place are places which sticks out from the hills where you can see a full view
of the surrounding rice terraces.
HaDanPu is one of those, you have to stop your car on the main road, and
walk about 20 min through a village to arrive at the viewing location. The rice
terraces you see is still part of the DuoYiShu rice terraces but you see it
from a different angle and you see the sea of clouds beneath you. The clouds are blown from the valley below
and hang up above the rice terraces.
Usually when you finish with HaDanPu,
you walk back up to the main road and continue with the car. However, the FBLIFE people do not see the
roads the same way as regular people. As
long as it is wide enough, no matter if there is a road, no matter how steep
the slope is, they can still drive through on their SUVs… so, we quickly come
to consensus. Two drivers would go back to drive the SUVs while the rest of the
group walk to a nearby village. We can
see that village from here, and can see a “road” that the SUVs can reach. However, we have no idea where the road
starts, this will need the drivers to search and judge. We risk that if the SUVs cannot find us, we
will have to walk back up. However, I
have full confidence in them. If it was
just the two of us, we would not have done this. We are so happy to be able to explore a new
place in a different way!
This is so amazing, we walked for 30 min
and easily reached the designated village.
Moreover, we get to see beautiful views of the rice terraces along the
way. Although we had no clue where we
were, we already saw the Land Cruisers coming our way on the winding and bumpy
road above us!
We waited not too long, and the SUVs
arrived. They don’t need to consider
where to turn around, because they can turn around just on the slope besides
where we stand. We saw some minivans on
the way, they can only move slowly and carefully on that road, and almost want
us to toll them back up… I really find today’s trip so amazing!! If we were to
walk back up, it will take more than an hour of tough walking!!
And finally, I realized that we ended up
in DaWaJie.
This group of seven SUV racers just left
and there come another two.
To
be continued...
by: Jo
